Moofus is a twelve year old artist from Sydney. Too young to get a “real job”, Moofus began selling his prints for charity.

A text-based street art installation appeared mysteriously in Sydneys’ Denham Lane earlier this week.

Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Every Wednesday, Behance shares 5 fresh art and design projects from their network with PSFK.

Sydney’s International Food Festival kicks off in October 2009. To raise public awareness of the event, Whybin TBWA have recreated the flags of twelve countries using ingredients from their national dishes. Check out a gallery below.

Australian airline V sends 3 participants from LA to Sydney to capture their 72-hour trip via Twitter.

Monocle Magazine have announced their annual index of most liveable cities. Zurich comes in top place mainly for its vast investment in transport; Copenhagen is second for its mix of metropolitan life, great healthcare, low crime rates and a relaxed vibe; at 3, Monocle describes Tokyo as the world’s most livable megapolis and praises the city’s commitment to plant 1 million trees; 4th is Munich which blends history and innovation with ease and is generally a good place to do business; and Helsinki comes 5th partly because it has no Starbucks. Here’s the full list:

Seek, an Australian online job search firm, is finding social opportunities in this economic crisis. The company, with the help of The Boston Consulting Group, is using its technology platform to match volunteer do-gooders with non-profit organizations all over the country.

Australia already has a long-established history of corporations participating in community causes but the recent scarcity of jobs, the persistent drought and the tragic bushfires that erupted earlier this year is increasing national demand to reach out. Seek Volunteer – which claims to earn no revenues for its services – seems to have come at just the right time judging [...]

A while ago PSFK wrote about Melbourne’s recent rebirth of craft via the Craft Cartel.  The Sydney Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef project is another such example that craft is back.  The collaborative installation is run by the Stitches collective and the Institute For Figuring as a “testimony to the disappearing wonders of the modern world.” The project draws on a hyperbolic crochet technique originally developed in 1997, by Cornell mathematician Dr Daina Taimina.
The IFF explains the technique:
In 1997 Dr Taimina discovered how to make models [...]

Sydney-based photographer Ken Loutit puts an extraordinary spin on the rather mundane events in life utilizing a variety of techniques and angles to capture the everyday in miniature. The process, called tilt-shift, refers to the movement of the camera – small or medium format – relative to the image being photographed, resulting in a bird’s eye perspective that re-imagines the commonplace. Loutit takes a series of stills and stitches them together to create short films that invite the viewer to take a second look at the world around us.
The video below depicts the parade route during this year’s Mardi Gras [...]

In late May 2009 Sydney will be hosting the biggest light, music and ideas festival in the Southern Hemisphere. The festival, developed by Events NSW, will turn the Opera House, The Rocks, Circular Quay and the city centre into a “living canvas of music and light”. A preview:
- Luminous – Curated by “the father of ambient music” -  Brian Eno, the “music, debate, light and performance” festival will present light and art installations, including Eno’s own 77 Million Paintings:
Harnessing ‘self-generating software’, three hundred of Eno’s hand-drawn images are cut-up and rearranged to form an infinite number [...]

Sydney is set to unveil a new 2000 square meter pre-flight departure lounge available to Premium Qantas customers and which includes a complimentary day spa, reclining chair lounge area, private library, and a concierge.  Australian designer Marc Newson and architects Sebastien Segers and Woods Bagot developed the design which features a panoramic view of Sydney and Botany Bay.

Marc Newson’s acclaimed design aesthetic flows throughout the Lounge. He has sourced the finest materials and worked with luxury brands across the globe to create this heaven. The Lounge features leather recliners, sofas and lounge chairs and tables by Cappellini, Tai Ping wool [...]

Unsightly construction scaffolding could soon be a thing of the past for Sydneysiders.  Under the new City of Sydney plan, scaffolding typically covered in construction mesh may soon be replaced with large images and artworks.  A few Sydney construction sights have already ‘wrapped’ their scaffolding.  Westfields Pitt Street Mall development drew on bright artworks from the Museum of Contemporary Art; whereas the historic Myer site of Market and George St took a subtler direction, replicating a scale image of itself over the construction.
City of Sydney spokesman explains the plan:
Current industry practice is to use green or black mesh on the [...]